The recent form of Texas Super Kings has been quite solid. In the last 5 matches they have won 3, 1 match was a no-result and lost only 1 match. Their last match was a qualifier against Washington Freedom but that got cancelled due to rain. Before that they had achieved a resounding win by 51 runs against Seattle Orcas.
Faf du Plessis gave a good start to the team by scoring 91 runs and Shubham Ranjane gave the finishing touch with an unbeaten 65. In bowling, Adam Milne took 4 wickets and broke the Orcas batting. Akeal Hosein and Noor Ahmad also kept the pressure on with their spin. There is momentum seen in both the batting and bowling departments of Texas.
The MI New York team is also in form, they have won 3 and lost 2 of their last 5 matches. Their most recent match was the Eliminator against San Francisco Unicorns where they won by 2 wickets. It was a low-scoring match but Trent Boult played a match-winning innings of 22 runs in the end and also took 2 wickets.
In bowling, Rushil Ugarkar took 3 wickets while Kenjige and Boult bowled tight in the powerplay. The batting was a bit weak but Monank Patel handled the innings by scoring 33 runs. There was a collapse during the chase but Boult and the lower order took the match away. MI New York's confidence is high, but they will have to remain a little more stable in batting.
The pitch of Grand Prairie Stadium is a balanced surface where pacers get some bounce and swing early in the match. Bowling is a little easy with the new ball but as the match progresses the pitch slows down. The ball sticks a little on the surface and the bounce also sometimes becomes low or uneven which may cause some problems to the batsmen. Spinners get good help in the middle overs especially when the pitch becomes even drier. Short boundaries and fast outfield help in scoring runs but after the recent rains the wicket has become slow and a little tricky. Bowling first can be a better option, because in the second innings one gets some benefit of Dev as well. The average first innings score here is between 155-165.
Texas Super Kings and MI New York have clashed 7 times so far in Major League Cricket. Out of these, Texas Super Kings have won 5 matches, only 1 match is in the name of MI New York, and 1 match did not have a result. Clearly, Texas has a very strong record against NY.
The last time when both the teams came face to face, Texas Super Kings defeated MI New York by 39 runs. In that match, Faf du Plessis scored a tremendous century – 103* runs in just 53 balls. Donovan Ferreira also played an explosive innings of 53 runs in 20 balls. Texas scored a huge total of 223.
In bowling, Akeal Hosein took 3 wickets giving only 15 runs in 4 overs and Nandre Burger also took 2 wickets. From MI New York's side, Kieron Pollard scored 70 runs but his chase collapsed in the last overs. Overall, Texas showed dominance in every department and won the match easily.
Smit Patel (wk), Faf du Plessis (c), Shubham Ranjane, Donovan Ferreira, Saiteja Mukkamalla, Marcus Stoinis, Calvin Savage, Akeal Hosein, Zia-ul-Haq, Adam Milne, Noor Ahmad
Injury Update: None
Monank Patel, Quinton de Kock (wk), Nicholas Pooran (c), Tajinder Dhillon, Michael Bracewell, Kieron Pollard, Heath Richards, Tristan Luus, Nosthush Kenjige, Rushil Ugarkar, Trent Boult
Injury Updates: None
Keepers: Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran
Batters: Faf du Plessis, Michael Bracewell, Monank Patel
All-rounders: Kieron Pollard, Marcus Stoinis, Donovan Ferreira
Bowlers: Adam Milne, Noor Ahmad, Trent Boult
Faf du Plessis
Kieron Pollard
Nicholas Pooran
Adam Milne
Keepers: Quinton de Kock, Nicholas Pooran
Batters: Faf du Plessis
All-rounders: Kieron Pollard, Marcus Stoinis, Donovan Ferreira
Bowlers: Adam Milne, Noor Ahmad, Trent Boult, Rushil Ugarkar, Akeal Hosein
Quinton de Kock
Marcus Stoinis
Rushil Ugarkar
Akeal Hosein
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